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I have been hopelessly trying to decide which model I should purchase to be the center piece of my Khorne bloodbound army. My army is 95% mortal which is putting me off the Bloodthirsters as their command abilities will be wasted. That being said, the Wrath of Khorne Bloodthister still looks a solid choice, albeit expensive. The other options I am considering :
Skarbrand: Expensive for points but packs a punch. No wasted abilities that only work for Daemons. Cool model.
Slaughterbrute of Khorne: Relatively cheap (both points and money). Could have my Bloodsecretor as its 'master', he very rarely falls in combat. Does not fill the more precious 'Leader' slots.
Other: Does anyone recommend another allied monster, or have reasons for me to include one of the other Bloodthirsters?
I think I am leaning towards the Slaughterbrute but any opionions welcome. I have all Khorne heros so any synergies suggested should work.
Thanks.

So I’m soon to start work on constructing the Herald of the Purple Flame, Xenthos himself.
The plan is to convert him out of a Ghorgon, Tree Lord or something like that. I’m leaning towards the Ghorgon, as it’s cheaper, larger and you get loads of spare bits. It also has hooved feet, which works well with Tzeentch iconography. I’m hoping to sculpt weapons, either sculpt or convert a suitable head and chop off the wings from a plastic eagle or vulture and stick them on its back.
Will post some progress soon. Thanks for looking!

So I just got Shadespire, and truth be told I think it’s one of the best board games I’ve ever played, certainly the best of those made by Games Workshop.
Unfortunatly, it had one large flaw. Khorne. So I set about to change this. With the help of some clippers, spare bits from the Kairic Acolytes set and a fair bit of glue, I kit bashed some Tzeentch Shadespire warriors.
So from left to right:
Fars’ere the Flame-Ridden: The leader of the warband, Fars’ere was born over a bonfire of dancing brimstone horrors, and it is said that his blood is as hot as the flames he was born in.
Satese the Seer: Fars’ere’s second in command, Satese is gifted with the power of prophetship, and can foretell events soon to happen. His mask hides his tortured face, for, in an attempt to stop the periodic visions, Satese blinded himself with a knife he keeps forever at his side.
The Chained One: Little is known about this ferocious warrior, but his sinister name depicts an even grimmer past.
Sar’cos’re: Raised by the Arcanite Cults, Sar’cos’re is a powerful sorcerer, and is known to eat the tongues of his enemies to learn their darkest secrets.
Dra’itras: Known as the Purple Flame, Dra’itras is a pious fanatic, and ritually carves symbols of change into his skin...and the skin of his fallen foes.
As soon as I get them painted I will post some more pictures (and hopefully a battle report). Thanks for looking!

Hey there guys,
With 2018 just around the corner, a new AoS storyline about to begin with Malign Portents and hopefully some sweet Campaign Weekends being run at Warhammer World I thought I would begin a new project that I've been thinking about for a while - a Clan Moulder army.
I have a good sized Skaven army from the World that was that needs to be updated for Age of Sigmar but I thought I would focus on a single clan for my new army, one I had never touched before.
The main thing I want from this new army is to make it look like a horrifying mass of flesh and fur when arrayed on the table, and to me the current Rat Ogre models just don't fit that vibe - so as my first unit I have begun converting the Stormfiend models into normal Rat Ogres with, I hope, some success!
Let me know what you thing and I'll hopefully be back with some more soon!

So I'm heading off to a tournament at Warhammer World - The Wonders of the Algoraxi. Here's what the PDF had to say about it:
"The shadow of war stretches far across the Flamescar Plateau. This expansive region of the Realm of Fire has been conquered and lost many times since the Age of Myth, and its hidden treasures still draw the eyes of warlords and champions from across the Mortal Realms. Many thousands of years ago, the magocracy known as the Algoraxi Empire dominated vast swathes of territory within the Realm of Fire. Immersed in their studies, the Arch-Domini did not partake in any physical task that would distract them their pursuit of eldritch mastery. Thus the Algoraxi created vast, humanoid automatons to perform tasks of battle and construction for them. They utilized these automatons to assemble and align the immense weapon known as the Prismatikon, a continent-spanning engine of desolation that when properly aligned could focus the light and heat of Aqshy itself into a lance of destructive energy powerful enough to tear the very fabric of reality".
What's really interesting is the variety of games. If you're going to it, you bring 750, 1000 and 2000 points armies. You also fight for your grand alliance as a whole, AND its a narrative type game (my favorite).
So Xenthos has heard about it, wants not only to use and align the Prismatikon (essentially a giant fire-gun made by super cool fire golems), but also to unlock and discover all the other secrets of the Algoraxi. Naturally, the Flamesar Plateau is full of magical and mystical locales, which are also perfect for building flux-cairns, the herdstones of the tzaangor race. See what I'm getting at?
Will post my armu list(s) and the secret obelisk-like scenery project that I've been working on later.
Tell me if your going to the event, and thanks for looking!

Hey everyone! I am fresh into the hobby (bought my first start collecting box about a month ago) and I’m feeling increasingly overwhelmed by the amount of information coming at me. I’ve been having an excellent time painting and hanging out with the guys at my local GW store, and I guess I just need some more info as to what my next move and where my next chunk of money should go. I’ve started with basically all slaves to darkness models and I haven’t decided on a specific god to follow. (Leaning towards nurgle)
I am fully stocked on paint and tools required to paint. I currently own a slaves to darkness start collecting box, a chaos daemon prince, a chaos lord (or sorcerer I haven’t decided yet please help lol) on manticore, and a SLAMBO exalted hero of chaos mini. I also have a copy of the Skirmish rules book
Where should I go from here? I’m interested in playing some games and getting into the action instead of just sitting in my house painting, but I’m having a hard time keeping up with the play schedule with all of the events going on at the store, especially with the new malign portents stuff coming out. I have found myself wandering into the various game shops around me looking to spend some cash and advance the hobby but I don’t know where to go. What books should I buy? Is the grand alliance chaos book a must have? Should I wait for the new generals handbook to drop before I buy one? Is there anything I’m overlooking that I should be paying attention too? What’s a good resource to get some more back story on all these characters I seem to be falling in love with? How should I go about building my army so that it works as well as looks cool? Help help help!!
thanks in advance to anyone who can help out, hopefully I’m not asking for too much. I really want to make AoS a serious part of my life and time.

I was reading through the DoT battletome, and came across this guy:
Is it me or is this the ULTIMATE daemon prince?
So I incorporated some of his backstory into mine... Essentially the fluff about him is the preamble to the Children of Xenthos.
After thousand of years of having El'an'zeth standing guard over Uzalith, t he great library-city was eventually attacked by the Thunder-Wrought, a Stormhost of Azyr. By then, almost all of Uzalith had felt the power and strength of 'The Architect', as Tzeentch is known. After a whole year of brutal guerrilla combat through the pristine streets of Uzalith, the citizens fled to a final stronghold: The Hex Citadel. It was at the gates of this iron fortress that El'an'zeth fought Emmanuel Witchbane, a Lord-Veritant of incredible might and expertise. Every spell flung by El'an'zeth was deflected by Emmanuel, and every stab and slash directed at El'an'zeth was parried with similar skill. After an hour of non-stop combat, El'an'zeth was beaten, and his body was paraded through the streets of Uzalith in celebration. The city was in turn burnt to the ground, and what few citizens survived lived in fear and terror.
Yet, from the broken body of El'an'zeth, the change-cycle continued. From the ashes of Uzalith came Xenthos, a daemon sorcerer like no other. Claiming to be a reincarnation of El'an'zeth's spirit, and known to be a prophet of his return, Xenthos brought society and prosperity back to the remains of Uzalith, teaching its people the secrets of wyrdflame and sorcery and taught them the Enlightened Path: the true way of The Architect.
Reborn in vengeance and magistry, Uzalith and her people marched to war, seeking the Thunder-Wrought, and, having found them, delivered the worst punishment of all. Death was to good for them; they would simply be reforged in Azyr. No, the punishment for the Thunder-Wrought was simple in its genius. Xenthos, casting a mighty spell, and aided by ninety-nine other wizards, turned the stormhost into the servants of one thing they had sought to destroy. The Thunder-Wrought were forever bound to protect Uzalith, and, exposed to the sheer change-magic that dwelt in the library-city, slowly warped into the first Chaos Stormhost: that of Tzeentch...
Thanks again guys, hoped you enjoyed it, and thanks for looking!

Hey folks,
So I've recently been struck by an interesting idea for some slaanesh conversions. I've been thinking about how I might be able to make some cool mermaid/siren/nautical themed slaaneshi models.
So I'm considering either using greenstuff or waiting for the DoK gorgon models and making some mermaids to function either as hellstriders or as fiends of slaanesh (alternatively spear gorgons could be used for helstriders due to spears & can use daemonette models & sculpt fish tails for the fiends.)
However I'd also like to try and come up with other ideas for demonette and slaanesh models in general to keep the fun nautical theme. Can easily add fish tails and possibly gills onto my seeker mounts but no idea whether there's anything I can do for regular demonettes? (Besides possibly adding the fish bits onto their existing tails like with seekers)
I'm also open to using some 3rd party mini's like reaper for cool characters or monsters e.g. demon princes. Or parts for building some. The main thing is wanting to go for rule of cool so I'm totally open to conversions for units that aren't considered too good as I'd love to have characterful models regardless

Hi Guys just got my copy of the GH 2017,
I am trying to get my head arround the what a very competitive Skyre Army could look like and therefore I thought It would be a good idea to talk it with the community to see which new combos we can have now!

After returning to AoS after a year's hiatus, I played my first game using the GHB2. I've heard that it has improved some of the armies that were previously struggling in the meta, however, after a very one-sided victory for Khorne against Ironjawz I started to question how balanced the factions are now? In terms of luck, I would say I rolled far worse than he did, which is the reason for us to question the balance. Is Khorne overpowered or maybe Ironjawz still overpriced?
As background for the game, we only played 1000 points, which meant he couldn't use his Mawcrusher (would that make the difference in 2000pts perhaps?)
His army: Orruk Megaboss, Weirdnob, 20 Ardboys, 5 Brutes, 3 GoreGruntas
My army: See below
What are the current strong/weak factions right now?
1000ptsKhorne.pdf

Hey folks!
So generally my chaos armies have been slaves to darkness with some Tzeentch mortals thrown in. Though recently I've been wanting to steer a bit more toward the archaon follower side and be able to really have some fun with mixing and matching things. I also quite like the thunderscorn dragon ogres so being able to include them in some lists would be great
I like to change my lists around each time I play them for some fun but generally my main core will be Slaves to Darkness. My current ones are painted blue and silver though I do worry that will be seen a bit too tzeentch and as such may not fit too well for the undivided theme. As such I may repaint them to black using the really nice dark reaper over the top of that for highlights (and possibly thunderhawk blue for some bright edging details) Regardless I'd love to know good units from other gods I can chuck in and work well as I'd love to have lists featuring 2 or more god units within it. Usually I find my StD do really well defensively and units like Tzaangors I love for bringing a bit of punch with their flurry of attacks. I'm thinking demonettes could be great for getting some rend around and I've heard blightkings are a good nurgle unit that can fit into lists super easy. Khorne wise I've got the stuff from the AoS starters set so figured the khorgorath might prove nice to throw in for a mini monster or some blood reavers as a nice cheap objective holding unit (though they work so much better with a totem hero). I also have some good tzeentch casters such as the ogroid, curseling and gaunt summoner.
So basically I'd love to know what sort of units folks think can work well either with StD synergies or without needing too many points sunk into synergies and the like. I have a warshrine which I can easily set to a mark or use as undivided to give abilities to everyone and I've also got sayl to teleport some knights or warriors around.
I prefer mortals but I'm fine with adding some demons in (though not too big a fan of bloodletters or horrors really) Also I'd likely be looking at using the grand alliance allegiance with this (though the nice thing with primarily StD is being able to do any god allegiance for any games)

So I need some help on playing Nurgle. I have a decent amount of models but I am pretty much ready to drop them as an army because of how horribly weak they are. They are slower than every other race, have nearly no range, do pretty bad damage, have very average saves, the wounds are okay but they aren't important considering you can just wail on nurgle until they die since you don't have to fear damage back, their good units are a low model count which with current rules you can't play and be competitive, and most importantly they are insanely expensive point wise. Judicators for example, will beat blight kings every single time before they can even get into melee range for the same exact point cost.
Since I already have the models is there any way to make use out of this army or is it just totally bottom of the barrel?

So I am currently working in a rotbringers army. The battletome says you can take units from monsters of chaos as allies. However you can't take anything tzeench marked. Im looking to use a mutalith vortex beast which has recently gotten the tzeench keyword but is still in the monsters of chaos faction which nurgle can ally with.
Would it be legal to take the mutalith in a nurgle army using ally points?

I’m really intrigued by all the MP news and the portents rules that have been seen so far. However, the models of the Harbingers themselves don’t really fit with any of my armies (BCR, FEC and Disspossed).
that got me to thinking of possible conversions or proxies to use these rules and the new gameplay style. Considering they are meant to be free if both players have them, it would be cool to have different ideas to convert them for each army all gathered in one place.
So has anyone thought about converting or proxying them for their armies? If so how would you do it?

I've been thinking about the Free Cities of Order, and, a Chaos player myself, thought about converting a city for my Tzeentch.
The effective background is this: a city in Ulgu, the citizens of which believe in Tzeentch as religion, and as such a vast horde of arcanites have amassed in the area. The city, known as Strayhelm, is populated bu aelfs, humans and Stormcast, all of which have felt the corrupting power of The Architect flow through their veins.
If you have any ideas about a non-order free city please post them, so anything from a lumbering orruk tribe situated on the back of the very first aleguzzler gargant to the not-quite alive citizens of a corpse-farming city in Shyish...

Hey all, I’m new to AoS, having played a couple games as SE, and was wondering what more experienced guys think is a good way to start a Chaos army based around the Mortals key word?
I quite like the idea of having an army that’s maybe running as one of Archaeon’s legions with the end goal being adding him to the army. I was looking into getting the Slaves to Darkness starter set and was wondering where would be good to go after that? Not opposed to adding any chaos god themed mortal units to the army either, in fact, I think it could be quite cool.
Thanks in advance!

Twentysomethingth time's a charm...
I'm now in my third decade in this hobby, and as far back as I can remember my New Year's resolution has always been "paint what you've got before you buy any more!" Nevertheless, like the mound of skulls at the foot of Khorne's throne, my plastic mountain of shame continued to grow.
The point of this blog is to keep me honest and make 2018 the year I break the back of my backlog. I'm focusing on one faction a month, starting with Nurgle in January. I'll be setting mini goals each week and doing my best to keep things updated.
As it stands my plan is:
January: Nurgle
February: Bloodbound
March: Tzeentch
April: Slaanesh
May: Slaves to Darkness
June: Seraphon
July: Stormcast and Free Peoples
August: Aelves
September: Brayherds
October: Destruction
November: 40K (shh!)
December: Inevitable impulse purchases.

So I am looking to start a 1000 point army, preferably nurgle but I am also open to a chaos grand alliance army utilizing nurgle, khorne, and or thunderscorn. My goal is to keep the model count as low as possible while still being a viable army. My ideas I have currently are
Lord of Afflictions (General)
Gutrot Spume
Chaos lord on manticore
1 putrid blightkings
1 pusgoyle blightlords
Number 2:
Gutrot Spume (general)
Horticulous Slimux
2 blightkings
1 blightlords
1 beast of nurgle
and 3
Lord of Afflictions (General)
Gutrot Spume
Festus the Leechlord
1 blightlords
1 blight kings
1 Jabberslythe ( ally)
Keep in mind I have never played the table top and have simply collected miniatures and painted for years because I enjoy painting and displaying them so any input is much appreciated. I will be mainly playing against my friend in casual matched play games. I simply don't have the attention span to paint 20 of the same model over and over especially with the detail all the nurgle models have. Thanks for any feedback!